Edward I. Nelson, MD
Pain Medicine Physician · Cincinnati, OH
Edward I. Nelson, MD is a pain medicine physician with a practice address in Cincinnati, Ohio, and NPI 1720085459, issued on Jul 7, 2005. Check the license (Ohio 35092154, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Edward I. Nelson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0000X
- License numbers
- 35092154 OH
35-092154 OH
35.092154 OH
34587 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7691 5 Mile RD Ste 10, Cincinnati, OH 45230
- Phone
- (937) 619-3616
- Enumerated
- Jul 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 8, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (937) 949-4870
- Medicaid ID
- 2889352 OH
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081115000088); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1985
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Edward I. Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35092154Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
80% more Medicare Part D claims than the average pain medicine physician in 2024
3,770 Medicare Part D claims for 395 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,095 among the 944 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims. 1,564 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen584 claims
- Gabapentin551 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen484 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl299 claims
- Meloxicam212 claims
- Baclofen168 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $561.28
28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 769 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,397.95 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Dayton Pain Center LLCDayton, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Edward I. Nelson among 56 pain medicine physician records in Ohio
Edward I. Nelson, MD is one of 56 pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2002 among the 38 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 57% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pain Medicine Physician providers in Ohio
There are 56 pain medicine physician records in Ohio.
All 56 in Ohio → Every provider in Cincinnati → Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rajbir Minhas, M.D.Cincinnati, OH 452271134175409
- Daniel Johns, MDCincinnati, OH 452201376907782
- Laura Devita, M.D.Cincinnati, OH 452191831532290
- Veronica Henderson, NP-CCincinnati, OH 452451013260421
- Paige Schroder, MDCincinnati, OH 452551720548167
- Wesley Youngblood, MDLoveland, OH 451401730718016
- Nirmala Abraham, MDMiamisburg, OH 453421043259971
- Cara Perez, M.D.Springboro, OH 450661124261359
Common questions
What is Edward I. Nelson, MD's NPI number?
Edward I. Nelson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720085459, issued on Jul 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Edward I. Nelson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7691 5 Mile RD Ste 10, Cincinnati, OH, 45230. Phone: (937) 619-3616. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Edward I. Nelson, MD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35092154, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Edward I. Nelson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Edward I. Nelson, MD had 3,770 Medicare Part D claims for 395 beneficiaries; the average among pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,095. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Edward I. Nelson, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.